..The actress Maly Delschaft belongs to the today forgotten stars, but
in 1930 she was actually designated for the role of "Lola Lola" in the
movie "Der blaue Engel" (30). Emil Jannings
as well as director F.W. Murnau wanted her for this part. But things had
changed. Murnau went to the USA and the moved up director Josef von Sternberg
had an other protégé in his sight - Marlene
Dietrich. Today Marlene Dietrich is cult, the name Maly Delschaft has
only a meaning for a small circle of people interested in film.

Maly Delschaft was spotted at the age of eight by Leopold Jessner during
a performance at the Thalia theater. He suggested to take the profession
of an actress. After an acting education she played regularly from 1917
at stages in Germany and after some successful years at the theater she
made her debut with the short movie "Die Berliner Range" (21), thereafter
she shot her first feature film "Der Liebling der Frauen". Already in her
next movie "Danton" (21) she acted at Emil Janning's side which became
an admirer of her acting skill.
But before Maly Delschaft was able to took part in this movie, director
Richard Oswald had to pay to set her free from her contract with the Breslauer
theater first.

A new darling of the public of the 20's was born. Maly Delschaft had
great successes in the following years with "Der letzte Mann" (24), directed
by F.W. Murnau and "Variété" (25) directed by E.A.
Dupont - both with the great actor Emil Jannings.

It followed the well-known silent movies "Sündenbabel" (25), "Lumpen
und Seide" (25), "Die da unten" (25) and "Kreuzzug des Weibes" (26), which
Maly Delschaft considered as her personal height. The movie "Kreuzzug des
Weibes" also stand for her breakthrough as one of the leading actresses.

But after this great success followed only unsatisfactory casting offers
which weren't useful for a jump to a world star. But then the opportunity
was emerging to play the leading role in the movie "Der blaue Engel". If
the destiny were more merciful, Maly Delschaft would have gone down in
history as a star like Marlene Dietrich.

Ubstead if this she acted in less well-known productions like "Keine
Feier ohne Meyer" (31), "K1 greift ein" (33) and "Paradies der Junggesellen"
(39). With her parts in "Altes Herz geht auf die Reise" (38), where she
personified a vicious character she was pinned down to this type.

After the war she acted in movies for the GDR production company DEFA,
among others in the movies "Affäre Blum" (48), "Familie Benthin" (50),
"Alibi" (55) and "Das verbotene Paradies" (58).
In "Das Beil von Wandsbeck" (51) as a gruff landlady and in "Meine
Frau macht Musik" (58) as a scheme mother she demonstrated her acting talent
in later years in an impressive way. Finally the filmoffers decreased more
and more and Maly Delschaft concentrated on the theater again.

Because Maly Delschaft lived in the West German part of Berlin her film
career came to a abrupt end in 1961 when the construction of the wall began.

After that she appeared only rarely in single TV production. With the
movie "Zwei unter Millionen" (61) she concluded her film career.